serial killer

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

serial killer (plural serial killers)

A person who commits multiple (more than two) murders, especially similar ones with no obvious motive over a period of time with a "cooling-off" period between each murder.

Derived terms

Translations

person who commits multiple murders

Afrikaans: reeksmoordenaar
Albanian: vrasësi serik m
Arabic: قاتل متسلسل m (qātil mutasalsil)
Asturian: asesín en serie m, asesín serial m
Azerbaijani: seriyalı qatil
Basque: serieko hiltzaile
Bulgarian: сериен убиец m (serien ubiec)
Catalan: assassí en sèrie m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 連環殺手／连环杀手 (lin⁴ waan⁴ saat³ sau²)

Mandarin: 連環殺手／连环杀手 (liánhuán shāshǒu)
Czech: sériový vrah m
Danish: seriemorder (da) c
Dutch: seriemoordenaar (nl) m
Esperanto: seria murdisto
Estonian: sarimõrvar
Finnish: sarjamurhaaja (fi)
French: tueur en série (fr) m
Galician: asasino en serie m, asasina en serie f
Georgian: სერიული მკვლელი (seriuli mḳvleli)
German: Serienmörder (de) m, Serienkiller (de) m
Greek: σίριαλ κίλερ n (sírial kíler)
Hebrew: רוֹצֵחַ סִדְרָתִי m (rotseakh sidrati)
Hindi: सिलसिलेवार क़ातिल (silsilevār qātil), सिलसिलेवार हत्यारा (silsilevār hatyārā)
Hungarian: sorozatgyilkos (hu)
Icelandic: raðmorðingi m
Indonesian: pembunuh berantai
Inupiaq: iñuaqtuqti
Italian: assassino seriale m, assassina seriale f, serial killer (it) m or f, omicida seriale m
Japanese: シリアルキラー (shiriaru kirā)
Korean: 연쇄살인범 (yeonswaesarinbeom)
Latvian: sērijveida slepkava m
Luxembourgish: Seriemäerder m
Macedonian: сериски убиец m (seriski ubiec)
Malay: pembunuh bersiri
Mongolian: цуврал алуурчин (cuvral aluurčin)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: seriemorder m
Polish: seryjny morderca (pl) m
Portuguese: assassino em série (pt) m, assassina em série (pt) f, serial killer (pt) m or f
Romanian: asasin în serie m, ucigaș în serie m
Russian: сери́йный уби́йца (ru) m (seríjnyj ubíjca)
Serbo-Croatian: serijski ubojica m, serijska ubojica f, serijski ubojice pl
Slovak: sériový vrah m
Spanish: asesino en serie m, asesina en serie f, asesino serial m
Swedish: seriemördare (sv) c
Thai: ฆาตกรต่อเนื่อง (th) (kâat-dtà-gɔɔn-dtɔ̀ɔ-nʉ̂ʉang)
Turkish: seri katil
Ukrainian: серійний убивця m (serijnyj ubyvcja)
Uzbek: serial qotil
Welsh: llofrudd cyfresol m
West Frisian: searjemoardner c

See also

mass murderer

Further reading

serial killer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English serial killer. Compare assassino seriale, which is a calque.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.rjal ˈkil.ler/, /ˈsi.rjal ˈkil.ler/
Hyphenation: sè‧rial‧kìl‧ler

Noun

serial killer m or f by sense (invariable)

serial killer
Synonym: assassino seriale

Hypernym: pluriomicida

Related terms

killer

Further reading

serial killer on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English serial killer.

Noun

serial killer m or f by sense (plural serial killers)

serial killer (person who commits multiple murders)
Synonym: assassino em série

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